nd tea wherever he
goes, no matter how benighted or remote the spot may be.

"He was just as loyal to his code as is the Briton. He carried his
bath-tub, his immaculate linen, his evening clothes, his war
equipment--in which he had the pride of a connoisseur--wherever he
went, and, what is more, he had the courage to use the evening clothes
at times when their use was conspicuous. He was the only man who wore
a dinner coat in Vera Cruz, and each night, at his particular table in
the crowded 'Portales,' at the Hotel Diligencia, he was to be seen, as
fresh and clean as though he were in a New York or London restaurant.

Each day he was up early to take the train out to the 'gap,' across
which came arrivals from Mexico City. Sometimes a good 'story' would
come down, as when the long-heralded and long-expected arrival of
Consul Silliman gave a first-page 'feature' to all the American papers.

"In the afternoon he would play water polo over at the navy aviation
camp, and always at a certain time of the day his 'striker' would bring
him his horse and for an hour or more he would ride out along the beach
roads within the American lines."

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On June 15 Richard sailed on the Utah for New York, arriving there on
the 22d. For a few weeks after his return he remained at Mount Kisco
completing his articles on the Mexican situation but at the outbreak of
the Great War he at once started for Europe, sailing with his wife on
August 4, the day war was declared between England and Germany.

On Lusitania--August 8, 1914.

DEAR CHAS:

We got off in a great rush, as the Cunard people received orders to
sail so soon after the Government had told them to cancel all
passengers, that no one expected to leave by her, and had secured
passage on the Lorraine and St. Paul.

They gave me a "regal" suite which at other times costs $1,000 and it
is so darned regal that I hate to leave it. I get sleepy walking from
one end of it to the other; and we have open fires in each of the three
rooms. Generally when one goes to war it is in a transport or a troop
train and the person of the least importance is the correspondent. So,
this way of going to war I like. We now are a cruiser and are slowly
being painted grey, and as soon as they got word England was at war all
lights were put out and to find your way you light matches. You can
imagine the effect of this Ritz Carlton idea of a